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enCharting New Orleans' charter school experimenthttp://wwno.org/post/charting-new-orleans-charter-school-experiment
<div class="barn-cleaned"><p><em><strong>It's been&nbsp;<a href="http://www.marketplace.org/topics/10-years-after-katrina" target="_blank">10-years since Hurricane Katrina</a>&nbsp;and the flood-of-floods struck New Orleans. In the following decade, the city has transformed it public schools, housing, and business community. Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio traveled to the city to explore what these vast changes mean for New Orleans and the country.&nbsp;</strong></em></p>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 05:00:00 +0000David Brancaccio and Katie Long85851 at http://wwno.orgSchool Loses Charter And Administrators, So Teachers And Staff Take Helmhttp://wwno.org/post/school-loses-charter-and-administrators-so-teachers-and-staff-take-helm
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Last month, Lagniappe Academies lost its charter due to allegations that it wasn't serving students with disabilities. The school will close this spring. Its leaders have stepped down — including the CEO and acting principal. Now a group of teachers and staff will take the helm.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">About a dozen teachers and staff attended the school's board meeting last night and made a proposal: allow them to run Lagniappe. They laid out a detailed plan for closing out the year and closing down the school.</span></p>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:47:10 +0000Mallory Falk78492 at http://wwno.orgA New Study Reveals Much About How Parents Really Choose Schoolshttp://wwno.org/post/new-study-reveals-much-about-how-parents-really-choose-schools
The charter school movement is built on the premise that increased competition among schools will sort the wheat from the chaff.<p>It seems self-evident that parents, empowered by choice, will vote with their feet for academically stronger schools.Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:08:00 +0000Anya Kamenetz 73617 at http://wwno.orgNew Handbook Lays Out Charter School Board Lawshttp://wwno.org/post/new-handbook-lays-out-charter-school-board-laws
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">A new guide to Louisiana charter school law came out on Friday. It's geared toward a specific group: charter school board members.</p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:20:04 +0000Mallory Falk68285 at http://wwno.orgEncore Academy Values The Arts Alongside Academicshttp://wwno.org/post/encore-academy-values-arts-alongside-academics
<p>Encore Academy is a charter school, but it looks and feels more like the kind of public school many adults remember attending when they were kids. In today’s New Orleans, where the charter school landscape seems designed to combat lackluster academic achievement — and little else — it’s rare to see a school that values the arts as much as academics. So how does Encore Academy, a stand-alone charter school, manage to stand out?</p>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:01:00 +0000Eve Abrams65644 at http://wwno.orgNew Orleans Closes Its Last Traditional Schoolshttp://wwno.org/post/new-orleans-closes-its-last-traditional-schools
Last week, the New Orleans school district became the first all-charter district in the country. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sarah Carr, a reporter who's been following the city's changing schools.Sun, 01 Jun 2014 11:46:00 +0000Rachel Martin & Sarah Carr61790 at http://wwno.orgCivil Rights Complaints Target New Orleans Charter Schoolshttp://wwno.org/post/civil-rights-complaints-target-new-orleans-charter-schools
<p>A coalition of groups opposed to charter schools says it is filing federal civil rights complaints claiming discrimination by officials running school systems in New Orleans, Chicago and Newark, New Jersey.</p><p><br />Copies of the complaints were released today by the Journey for Justice Alliance. They say black students in the three cities suffer because of the closure of traditional public schools or the conversion of them into charter schools — run by independent organizations under charters approved by state or local education officials.</p>Tue, 13 May 2014 22:10:58 +0000Associated Press60681 at http://wwno.orgCharter School Teacher Fair Highlights Changing Hiring Processhttp://wwno.org/post/charter-school-teacher-fair-highlights-changing-hiring-process
<p><a href="http://www.eastbankcollaborative.com/" style="line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">The Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;recently held its 8th Annual Charter School Teacher Fair. Hundreds of teachers from around the Gulf Coast came to interview for teaching positions.</span></p>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:03:59 +0000Mallory Falk58077 at http://wwno.orgCharter School Model Spreads Across Louisianahttp://wwno.org/post/charter-school-model-spreads-across-louisiana-2
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">New Orleans will soon become the first city with an all-charter school district, but the education landscape looks much different across the rest of Louisiana. M</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">any parishes have few or no charter schools, but that's starting to change.</span></p>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0000Mallory Falk53495 at http://wwno.orgBlack Alliance For Educational Options Helping To Increase Access To Quality Educationhttp://wwno.org/post/black-alliance-educational-options-helping-increase-access-quality-education
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.baeo.org/?ns_ref=14&amp;id=5457" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 76, 162); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px;">Black Alliance for Educational Options</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">&nbsp;is a national organization, but in order to fulfill their mission — empowering low incomeTue, 14 Jan 2014 14:14:47 +0000Eve Abrams52081 at http://wwno.org